Task force releases new teacher evaluation framework for granting tenure, but faces union opposition

Task force releases new teacher evaluation framework for granting tenure, but faces union opposition

Recruited to teach, then abandoned Hundreds of teachers who left their homes in the Caribbean to work in city schools are still waiting for their promised green cards years later.

Teacher's death leads to visa limbo The long wait for a green card has left the family of one immigrant teacher in a precarious position - because he died before his was approved.

New ideas on tenure face union hurdle A state task force Monday released a blueprint for evaluating teachers that could make getting tenure more rigorous and less arbitrary.